Live stream games on YouTube and Steam and other platforms

Skyh3ck

Well-Known Member
Adept
Hello Guys

I am planning to do some live stream of games on steam, YouTube or other platforms just for fun.

I have steam account.. how can I stream my games live on steam and YouTube.

What are the criteria.. do I need special software.. is it free please help
 

deezcnuts

Well-Known Member
Disciple
You will need screen capture software like OBS, vMix, XSplit, Elgato, etc. Streamlabs also has a modified version of OBS, integrated with their chat and donation features.
You can only stream on one platform at a time using OBS(only uses one platform stream key at a time).
If you would like stream to multiple platforms at once, youtube, twitch, facebook etc, you will need to use software like restream.io (free plan has some limitations)

To get started on youtube/twitch, get OBS, setup you game/display capture and game/mic audio, get your stream key from yt/twitch creator dashboard(keep it secret, dont share/show on stream), put that into OBS, setup bitrate settings according to your internet and click start streaming!